Yusuke Nakamura

Yusuke Nakamura

Illustrator

Born in 1978.
After graduating from Osaka University of Arts, he started his career as a freelancer. He is known for designing the CD jacket for ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION, and the book covers for best-selling novels including Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de (Solve the Mystery after the Dinner) and Yoru ha Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome. Recently, his illustrations are also used in music textbooks in high schools.

Nakamura’s first illustration book Blue, published in 2009, has sold 95,000 copies, and in 2014 he published two more illustration books Kirara-chan and NOW.
While he is not illustrating, he is a musician (a member of band SAILS) and an essayist.